Richard A. TROTTER dies in Indianapolis (1974)

This obituary is courtesy of Karen Zach.

Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review (Crawfordsville, Indiana) - issue of Wednesday, July 10, 1974:

NORTH SALEM – Richard A. Trotter, 65, of North Salem, a 25-year employee of Olivetti-Underwood Corp., died at 1:02 p.m. Tuesday in Methodist Hospital at Indianapolis. He had been ill three weeks. He was a member of North Salem Christian Church, North Salem Masonic Lodge, Sigma Chi Fraternity, and Scottish Rite of Indianapolis. He was a charter member of North Salem Lions Club and served as manager of Indiana State Lions Band for 25 years. He was also a member of the Scottish Rite Symphony Orchestra. He was born November 16, 1908, at North Salem, a son of Dr. Charles M. Trotter and Beulah Adams Trotter. He was married to Bertha Malayer of North Salem. She survives. Also surviving are a son, John of Danville; a daughter, Jane Trotter of Indianapolis, and two grandchildren, Sherry and Tara. Services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Porter Funeral Home here with the Rev. Earl Davis officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Thursday.

34 Hendricks County probate packets from 1844 through 1883 digitized

The Indiana Genealogical Society recently added 34 Hendricks County probate packets to their website for free viewing.

This batch of probate packets spans from 1844 through 1883. They were sorted and digitized by volunteers - if you would like to help with this project, please contact volunteer coordinator Darlene Anderson (mdagenealogy@gmail.com).

The 34 digitized probate packets are:

Adair, John D. (& Lavena A. Claypool) (1866) - guardianship of minors
Adams, Franklin P. (1882) - estate
Adams, Hiram F., Caleb F. & Solomon T. (1864) - guardianship of minors
Adams, Melinda Elinor, Sarah Jane, Francis Newton, John Allen, Margaret Elizabeth, Bellsena, James Milton, Letha Hester & Mary Emily (1867) - guardianship of minors
Adams, Thaddeus S. (1881) - appointment as commissioner
Aldred, William (1881) - estate
Alexander, Mary E., Susan, Henry J. & Sarah (1864) - guardianship of minors
Alexander, William (1881) - estate
Ayers, James, Sr. (1870) - estate
Ayers, Lydia (1881) - estate
Ayers, William (1877) - estate
Ayers, William (1878) - estate
Bonnifield, Susan (1859) - estate
Borders, James (1875) - estate
Boswell, William (1875) - estate
Bowsher, Lewis D. (1879) - guardianship of a minor
Boyd, Dudley (1859) - estate
Boyd, Dudley E. (1860) - guardianship of a minor
Boyd, John (1840) - estate
Boyd, Phebe (1857) - estate
Brackett, Jacob (1867) - guardianship of a minor
Bradshaw, Charles W. (1885) - estate
Bradshaw, James A. (1874) - guardianship of a minor
Brady, Drusilla (1882) - estate
Brady, Merill (1859) - estate
Brady, Sarah, Lucy E. & Carrie B. (1883) - guardianship of minors
Bramell, Thomas (1882) - estate
Bray, Edward W. (1874) - estate
Bray, Elizabeth J. (1881) - estate
Bray, Thomas S. (1878) - estate
Brewer, Daniel (1881) - estate
Bunton, George (1844) - estate
Bunton, Nancy, Amanda, Aramantha, George M. & James J. (1849) - guardianship of minors
Bunton, William (1856) - estate

21 Hendricks County probate packets from 1834-1902 digitized

An 1866 application for guardianship of Alice, Louisa C., Samuel S. and Harriett J. Adams.

The Indiana Genealogical Society's website recently added 21 digitized probate packets for Hendricks County for free viewing.

This batch of probate packets spans 1834 through 1902 (as well as one stray packet from 1931). They were digitized by volunteers at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne.

The 21 digitized probate packets are:

Adams, Alice, Louisa C., Samuel S. & Harriet J. (1866) - guardianship of minors
Adams, Effie (1888) - guardianship of minor
Adams, John C. (1865) - estate
Adams, Nancy (1892) - estate
Adams, Solomon (1863) - estate
Adams, Thomas (1873) - estate
Agan, John F. (1902) - estate
Airy, William (1892) - estate
Akin, Lewis G. (1865) - guardianship of minor
Albertson, Nathan (1869) - estate
Alderson, Harriet & Amos (1834) - guardianship of minors
Alexander, Alice & Jefferson A. (1861) - guardianship of minors
Alexander, James P. (1861) - estate
Alexander, Sarah E. (1869) - estate
Allbright, Benjamin (1889) - estate
Allen, George (1895) - estate
Allen, John C. (1931) - estate
Almond, Hadley (1893) - partnership
Almond, Theophilus E. (1893) - estate
Amick, Jacob (1868) - estate
Appleby, Sarah K. & Elizabeth A. (1853) - guardianship of minors

Golden Rule Nursing Home to open in Danville (1955)

source: Danville Gazette (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, November 24, 1955 - page 1, column 2:

According to an article, in November 1955 the Danville town council approved a request for a variance in the zoning ordinance, so that the Golden Rule Nursing Home could be opened at 147 South Wayne Street. The property was at that time owned by James S. Waddell and was formerly the Thad Adams house. Registered nurses Mrs. Martha Mullin of Lebanon and Mrs. June Cash of Lizton would be in charge of establishing the nursing home. It was to be for the elderly and convalescent - no children or mental patients would be admitted. It was licensed to take care of 25 patients.

NOTE: A December 8, 1955 article said it was slated to open by January 1956. Mrs. Vannie Leak of Lizton, mother of Mrs. June Cash, helped purchase the property. Martha Mullin was listed as a graduate of the St. Joseph Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, with a Bachelor of Science in nursing, and a former nursing school instructor. June Cash was listed as a graduate of General Hospital in Indianapolis.

Name change of Timothy Bryan ADAMS (1953)

source: The Republican (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, June 18, 1953 - page 10, column 5:

According to a public notice, in June 1953, Helen E. Adams was petitioning the Hendricks County Circuit Court to change the name of her minor son from Timothy Bryan Adams to Timothy William Bryan Adams. The petition was to be heard in the September 1953 term of court.

Fannie ADAMS granted divorce (1950)

As mentioned in Hendricks County Circuit Court Civil Order Book Volume 99 (March 1950 - April 1951), in July 1950 Fannie M. Adams was granted a divorce from Glenn F. Adams (case #18518), with Glenn unable to appear in court because he was in Indiana State Prison. Fannie was given custody of their children, Kenneth Wayne Adams (age 14) and Crystal Lenor Adams (age 12), with Glenn ordered to pay $7 a week in child support within 30 days after being released from prison.

Memorial for Thad S. ADAMS (1943)

As mentioned in Hendricks County Circuit Court Civil Order Book Volume 93 (June 1942 - June 1943), the death of Thad S. Adams on May 30, 1943 led the Hendricks County Bar to issue this memorial about him in the circuit court minutes of June 4, 1943:

"He was born near Lizton, Indiana ninety years ago and was a lifelong resident of Hendricks County. He taught school for a number of years and in 1878 was admitted to the practice of law in Danville, Indiana, where he practiced his profession until 1937 when his failing health permitted him no longer to go to his office. When Hendricks County became the 55th Judicial Circuit in 1889 Governor Alvin P. Hovey appointed Mr. Adams the first prosecuting attorney of this Circuit, and he was elected to succeed himself. From 1896 to 1900 he was Dean of the Law Department of Central Normal College. On his seventy-fifth birthday, November 6, 1928, he was elected a member of the House of Representatives of the State of Indiana, and in 1930 was re-elected to that position. He was intensely patriot and among the bills he introduced in the State Legislature was a bill requiring all teachers in the public schools and colleges to take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the State of Indiana, and to teach nothing derogatory thereto.

"Mr. Adams was always helpful to the younger members of the bar. In fact he seemed never to be happier than when he could lend sympathy and aid to anyone in need. He was president of the Hendricks County Bar Association for many years and its members will miss his helpfulness and mourn his loss."

Activity in Hendricks County probate cases (January 1899)

From Hendricks County probate records:

Activity in probate cases as of 7 January 1899 [in vacation of the November 1898 term of court]:
--Joseph B. Temple & Elizabeth Temple estate - Thomas J. Adams appointed administrator ($100 bond)
--Llewellyn P. Whitenack estate - Bell Whitenack appointed administrator ($2,500 bond)
--Frank R. (et al) Shelley guardianship - Roxanna Tout appointed guardian ($100 bond)

QUERY: Adams of Hendricks County & Tipton County

Marilyn Shuck (marilyn.shuck@yahoo.com) of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee is trying to trace her great-grandparents, J.G. and Eliza Adams of Hendricks County, who also lived in Tipton County, Indiana (they are buried in Groomsville). Her grandparents were John Ramseyer Adams and Dora Belle Townsend Adams and David Edward Shuck and Goldie Ethel Adams Shuck, all of Tipton County. Her parents were Dr. Merlin Eugene Shuck (veterinarian) and Marietta Williams Shuck. Please contact her if you have any information about the Hendricks County part of her ancestry.